Here's a picture of the actual AcuRite with the probe:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s....php?p=1091405
Plug that into the ReptiTemp 500R.
Or, here's a thread about using a light dimmer, how you have to think "backwards" to use it, and the markings to make (I have these added to my Faves for quick reference):
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...t.php?p=855662
Oh, those tiny nubbles that come with the ZooMed UTH raise the tank by only a few millimeters. You could buy bigger ones from various stores. Hubby put a long, wooden block on each end of our tank, raising it by over an inch.
HTH!